The automaker, in a dealer memo, said the electric vehicle’s high-voltage battery main contactors could overheat, leading to a malfunction that could cause the vehicle to either not start or immediately lose propulsion power while in motion.
A provision in the $1 trillion infrastructure law orders NHTSA to issue a final rule by November 2024 that requires new vehicles to be equipped with an advanced drunken- and impaired-driving prevention technology.
Karl Brauer of iSeeCars.com hopes the study will persuade people to purchase vehicles with the colors they really want.
The company’s Shanghai plant, which had slowed production in recent weeks amid severe Covid-19 restrictions, is returning to full strength and its Austin, Texas, facility is ramping up production as well, Musk told employees.
The production increase will help to clear a backlog of orders for electric cars from VW, Audi and Cupra.